Automated Target Preparation Solutions
Affymetrix has partnered with Beckman Coulter, the market leader in liquid-handling robotics, to provide powerful, robust, out-of-the-box target preparation solutions.

Affymetrix has partnered with Beckman Coulter, the market leader in liquid-handling robotics, to provide powerful, robust, out-of-the-box target preparation solutions. The partnership will provide co-developed products from the market leaders in microarrays and automated liquid handlers, so you can have confidence that the entire solution is optimized, robust, developed, validated, and supported from end to end.
Current products
Beckman Coulter's Biomek® FXP Target Prep Express
The Biomek® FXP Target Prep Express is an Affymetrix-specific configuration of the successful Biomek FXP platform. You can now use a single part number to order the liquid-handling platform and all of the necessary accessories to run Affymetrix target preparation assays.
The Biomek® FXP Target Prep Express provides superior positional accuracy and robustness. The intuitive software interfaces enable you to start up quickly and easily switch between methods.
Benefits
- High-quality results
- Eliminate pipetting errors
- Improve consistency
- Have confidence with fully validated Affymetrix target preparation methods
- Flexibility
- Axiom™ Genotyping Solution target preparation methods
- HT 3' IVT Express method
- Other methods are in development and will be available soon
- Scalability
- Process samples in batches of 24 or 96
Application methods
Additional liquid-handling platforms and target preparation methods will be available in the near future, so check back often for more developments.
Learn more by visiting the Beckman Coulter website.
For research use only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.

Manuals
User Guide, HT 3' IVT Express on Biomek FXP Target Prep Express (pdf, 8.39 MB)
Site Prep Guide, HT 3' IVT Express on Biomek FXP Target Prep Express (pdf, 411 KB)
Package Inserts
Affymetrix Labware Kit for 3' IVT Method on Biomek FXP Target Prep Express (pdf, 849 KB)
HT 3' IVT Express Kit (pdf, 182 KB)

Required Products
| GeneChip HT 3' IVT Express Kit |
| GeneTitan® Hybridization, Wash, and Stain Kits |
| GeneChip Hybridization, Wash, and Stain Kit |
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